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Performance of a love song

A performance of a love song.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

God, parents, and village welfare

A sermon about why children should obey their parents and God.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hunting scene

A hunting scene.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hunting jungle fowl

A description of how Lahus hunt chickens in the jungle using a decoy chicken.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of antiphonal love songs, part 2

A performance of antiphonal love songs sung as a duet by men and women.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of two hymns

A performance of two hymns.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The six stupid men and the gophers

A traditional story about a group of six men trying to equally divide seven gophers.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

God's doors are still open

A performance of a hymn.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Candid conversation: preparing to be recorded

A conversation between Lahu villagers about courting women and planning what to record.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The rabbit and the tiger

A traditional story about a rabit and tiger fighting over who is more clever.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wooing the maidens, part 1

A conversation between Lahu villagers about courting women.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hunting tale

A Lahu hunting tale.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creation myth: The first man emerges from the primeval gourd

A creation story about the first humans wherein the first human emerged from a gourd and how the animals reacted.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The trickster and the village women

A traditional story about a trickster who tricks women into staying at his house, then sleeping with him as compensation. Their husbands try to chase away the trickster, but he eludes them and lives happily ever after with the village women.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wooing the maidens, part 2

A conversation between Lahu villagers about courting women.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sermon fragment

A partial recording of a Lahu sermon.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The buffalo bugger and the rabbit hunters

A humorous anecdote about a man fleeing from rabbit hunters.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a hymn

A performance of a hymn.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Headman's communication: even if you're busy there are things to discuss

A statement from the village headman about the importance of regular meetings to discuss village matters.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The recent disharmony in our village, part 2

A description of conflict in a Lahu village.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Building an airstrip

A conversation between Lahu villagers about building an airstrip in Shatodo village supervised by the Thai Border Police. The airstrip took up land originally used for rice cultivation. The villagers wonder whether they will get to ride on the planes that will use the airstrip.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Explanation of Lahu proverbs

Recitation and explanation of Lahu proverbs.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The trickster and the old bonze

A traditional story about a monk traveling with a trickster to carry salt. The trickster hides the salt in the pond where it dissolved, and scares the monk into running home.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The little crabs who walked zig-zag

A traditional story about a large female crab teaching her babies how to walk. They are trying to walk straight, but can only walk in a zigzag.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library